St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-02
PLENTY OF CALORIC.
A Red-HOt Fight for the Minor
House Offices.


Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Dec. by all means
give New York what she wants." says
Congressman Springer, of Illinois.
New York has had but little at the
hands of the Democratic party. She
has nothing, absolutely nothing but the
president, the private secretary to the
president, the secretary of the treasury,
the secretary of the navy, the best for
eign missions and few official bric-a-
brac of that sort. Consequently, since
New York has so little, if she wants the
clerkShip of the house and the position
of reading clerk of the house, all MEM
bers of the Democratic party should be
willing to give way to her and slaughter
their friends" Thus speaks Congress
man Springer through his next friend,
English. ''New York insists upon the
appointment of Rains, of Rochester, to
be clerk of the house, and Ryan to be
reading clerk. Connecticut comes and
asks for the appointment of Gen. Colt to
be dOOrkeeper. What has New York
didate after candidate for half cen
fury, and finally one of them succeeded
in
REACHING THE WHITE HOUSE
by the aid of Republican votes. She has
had candidates for the best offices in the
house year after year, and they have
been tried and found wanting. Con-
necticut gives us one Democratic con-
gresham and three Republicans. What
has she done to warrant her demands.
She has always gone back on us at crit
ical periods. She sends Republicans to
the senate. New York is asking too
much, and Connecticut is too fresh.
That is the general opinion in the mat
ter of the distribution of the house Of
fees" The caucus On Saturday night
will be hot, red hot. The gentleman
from Mississippi, A. B. Hurt, who is an
active candidate for the doorkeepership,
is likely to injure himself permanently
by his candidacy. There is a charge
brought against him which he can not
answer. Frank Hatton always boosted
that he never made an appointment in
the pOStoffice department except for the
purpose of helping the Republican
party. But one of the last things he did
before leaving the department was to
appoint Mr.. Hurt as chief of the railway
mail adjustment division of the depart
ment. Mr.. Hurt accepted the appoint
ment as favor
FROM A REPUBLICAN
postmaster general, who always boosted
that his appointments were made for the
benefit of the Republican party. 1t is
regarded as rather strange now that Mr..
Hurt, the beneficiary of Frank HattOn,
should come forward and claim at the
sentativeS. He will not get it. That is
settled. 1t will avail him nothing to
make the explanation that Mr.. Money,
of Mississippi and Frank HattOn were
great friends, and HattOn made the ap-
pOintment at the request of MI. Money,
the Democrat who expected to be first
assistant postmaster general, but wasn't
appointed. The fact remains that he
was the beneficiary of HattOn, and it
kills his chances for the place he now
seeks. The name of Plat B. Walker, of
Minneapolis, has been dropped out of
sight and out of mind. He is not a can
didate except in the minds of his Min
neSOta friends, who are all anxious to
see him get something. Col. Walker
commenced too late. The man who
makes a canvass of the house for one of
its elective offices must always COM
mence at the close of the last session of
a preceding congress.
AND NOT WAIT
for the commencement of new con-
gresS. That is the only way to make a
successful canvass. In the house lobby
this afternoon the first news seemed to
be Carlisle is against both Clark and
DOnelson." Latterly everybody seemed
to be authorized to say: Carlisle is for
Clark and DonelsOn." The fact is the
claims and exaggerated statements made
by the members concerning their candi-
dates and the gentlemen who will sup
port them, are enough to make an hon
est chronicler tired. 1t is all hurry
burly excitement and the only redeem
ing feature of it all seems to be that
there is to be no contest over the speak
ership. Except, probably, there may
be a fight in the Republican caucus over
the complimentary nomination to the
speakership. That seems to be already
settled, however, in favor of Col. Hen
derson, the Iowa partisan bloody-shirt
waver. The Republicans are Squabbling
over the Office, becuse they vainly hope
to have majority in the next congress
and the fellow who gets the compile
mentary nomination this year will be
presumably in the lead two years hence,
if there is any Republican party left to
lead then.